Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable procures success to the weak and esteem to all.
Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.
The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest success only comes later.
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous on the contrary it makes them for the most part humble tolerant and kind.
In this world it is not what we take up but what we give up that makes us rich.
Flaming enthusiasm backed up by horse sense and persistence is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
I love the music of Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu and more recently the music of Laura Marling. All these women share a strength and a wisdom in their voices and music that really makes me want to make music and sing.
Took us a great amount of strength to get them into the world and for them to be in the world. I think that their little spirits you know just said well we're going to be there. So it makes it very special because of it.
Vision is perhaps our greatest strength... it has kept us alive to the power and continuity of thought through the centuries it makes us peer into the future and lends shape to the unknown.
When I write down my thoughts they do not escape me. This action makes me remember my strength which I forget at all times. I educate myself proportionately to my captured thought. I aim only to distinguish the contradiction between my mind and nothingness.
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.
Some of us think holding on makes us strong but sometimes it is letting go.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
I'm not really interested in sports psychology. It makes me feel like a crazy person.
I think everybody has something that takes them away or makes them happier. To some people it's baseball or sports or knitting or the movies.
Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic.